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The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The steamer w. G.. Hail was lowered
from the Marine Railway yesterday
afternoon, and will sail on her regular
route this morning.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The Gar has conferred the Cross Of
St. George, with his thanks, on the
cavass of the Russian Consulate at
Philippopolis who was picked up
drunk in the street, and who threatened
with arevolver the policemen arresting
him.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The late w. G. King was buried at
the Makiki cemetery Wednesday after
noon, Rev +. {. Oggcl condu ing
the services and the United Carriage
Company bearing all the expenses.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Some OF these day newspaper man,
used to putting two columns of cspy
into half column of space, will get
elected President and then the country
will see a model message, 81 PAU
Globe
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Several complaints have lately been
made Of the prisoner who is supposed
tc supply the vessels in port with water
saying that he IS never to be found
when wanted
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

On the suspension OF the murder
trial yesterday morning, the Supreme
Court adjourned ill one o'clock, there
being no other business ready.a Az
that hour, there being still nothing be.
fore the Court, ii adjourned for the
day
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CARD.

THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO
i return his hearty thanks TO Pilot Mcintyre
for collecting and the other pilots and citizens
Of Honolulu who have contributed hand
some purse for Christmas present to me.
CHARLES PETERSON.
Marine Signal Stelion, Diamond Head.
December 80, 1886
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-11
THE MINNESOTA ROUTE

The Wichita and Western and
K1ngman, Pratt and Western
Railroads traverse the finest
farming and grazing country in
Kansas. See that your tickets
read via. this route.
TIME TABLE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-11

Loan Register.
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d6o-u" Secretary.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09

ing arrived on the 18th, Gen. Sherman was
ordered to lnud nt some point below Ensiport
and cut the Memphis and Charleston railroad
between Tuscumbin and Corinth. Passing
Pittsburg Landing, he learned that on a
former trip up the, river Capt. Gwin, OF the
gunboat, found posted there a Confederate
regiment the Eighteenth louisiana, and nc
cordingly sent word to Gen. Smith that
troops might properly be ordered to thai
place.
Returning to headquarters on the night
OF the 18th, Sherman reported his in
ability TO carry out the orders OF Gen.
lIalleck, whercupon lac was instructed by Gen.
Smith TO "disembark his own division and
that OF Gen. Hurlbut, which had also arrived
at Pittsburg Landing; to take positions well
back and 10 leave room for his whole army,
adding that he would soon come up in per-
son and move out In force TO make the lodg-
ment on the railroad contemplated by Gen.
lIalleck." Inasinuch as the credit Of choos-
ing this landing as tho most advantageous
position that was offered. belongs TO Gen. c.
Il. Smith, 1t may be remarked here that when
lie was commandant Of the military acad-
envy at West Point, Grant and Sherman were
there as cadets.
Frequent "Reminiscences now disclosed tho
fact that every road and path was occupied
by the enemy0 pickets. As early as the 10th
Sherman, accompanied by Lieut.. Col. after
ward general MCPHERSON advanced about
ten miles from the river TO n pace near
Monterey on Pea ridge, whore he learned
that the trains were bringing large masses Of
men into Corinth, and accordingly wrote to
Gen Grant: "We cannot reach the Memphis
and Charleston railroad without consider
able engagement, which is prohibited by Gen.
Halleck's Instructions " He also reported
the he was "strongly impressed with the inn
portance of the position, both for its land adj
vantages and strategic position. The ground
itself admits of easy defense by small COM
mand, and yet affords admirable camping
ground for 100000 men," These incidents
may appear Insignificant, but they have an
important relation to the results.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
WAS 1T a SURPRISED

Whether all this rapid movement 50 soon
after the sounding of the long roll along the
national front, was a surprise, in u strictly
military sense, is still among the many con-
troverted questions connected with the battle
Losing in his "History of the Civil War"
saws:
Many of the officers were yet slumhering,
others were dressing, others were washing or
cooking. Their guns were unloaded and accou-
trements strewn around without order. Many OF
the troops were without sufficient supply of am.
munition, The first intimatiOn that the Confetl-
crates were close upon them in force was the cry
Of the flying piekets pushing into camp, and the
scream and crash Of shells and the whistle Of
balls Gs they flew on deadly errands through the
tents and the forest 1t was an unexpected as
sault followed by the most fearful results
Gen. Buell., in his "Shiloh Reviewed" says:
have only 10 remark that each revival OF the
question of surprise has placed the fact in more
glaring light The enemy was known TO be at
hand but no adequate steps were taken to ascer-
tain IN what force or with what design. The call
TO arms blended with the crash of assault. and
when the whole forest on the rising ground in
front flashed with the CLEAN Of bayonets then Gen.
Sherman. as he reports became atislied for the
first time that the enemy designed determined at
tack.
John S. c. Abbott says:
Officers wire awakened by the crash Of shot and
she'll through their te1s, and othesl were never
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
A RETROSPECT.

Missouri having been secured to the Union,
the principal field of activity was transferred
TO Kentucky and Tennessee, and Maj. Gen.
Hallecl placed in chief command of all the
armies in the valley of the Mississippi, with
headquarters at st. Louis. These included
the army of the Ohio, Gen Don Carlos Buell.;
the army of the Tennessee, Gen. Grant; the
army of the Mississippi, Gen. Pope and that
of Gen. S. R. Curtis, in southwestern Mis-
souri, This was in February, 1862. Gen. w.
7. Sherman was posted at Paducah for TIE
purpose of facilitating operations on the Ten
nessee and Cumberland rivers, and in the
meantime was organizing out of the new
troops arriving there division for himself
when he should be allowed to take the field
by Gen. Haleck. The latter thus had sub
iect to his general orders an aggregate of
l25, 200 men of all arms.
The Confederate line of defense extended
east and west, from Columbus on the Missis-
sippi, to Bowling Green Forts Donelson and
Henry being near the center) Tho depart
ment was under the command of Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston, distinguished officer of the
old army and q lifelong friend and conf
dante of jefferson Davis. His forces con-
sisted of As 900 electives, of whom IA, 900 were
with him at Bowling Green; $4,000 under the
bishop general, Leonidas Polk, at Columbus
and neighborhood, and the remainder at Forts
Henry and Donelson, Gainesville and else
where, under command of Gems. Buckner,
Rnshrod r. johnson, Pillow and Floyd The
capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, having
shattered the Confederate line, the evacuation
of Columbus, Bowling Green and Nashville,
followed and with the fall of Island Number
TO- New Madrid, and the opening Of the Mis-
tissippi to Fort Pillow, the national authority
was established over the whole of the state Of
Kentucky, and Tennessee became thorough
fare for both army and fleet. 1t was q
splendid series of successes and Grant stepped
at once into national fame,
Johnston and Beauregard now retired
southward, it being evident to the military
mind that the Memphis and Charleston rail
road between Memphis and Chattanooga
would constitute the new line, and that the
concentration Of troops must therefore take
place somewhere in that vicinity. But where
The answer WIS problem to the command
ers on both sides.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
GETTING INTO LINE.

The war department having, on the 18th of
March, authorized the consolidation of the
army of Cen Buell. with that of Hallecl, the
former was ordered to march his forces
at once to Savanna, although Florence,
point further up the Tennessee,
was the rendezvous designated in the
original plans of the commander in
chief The fact had at last become impress
sive that Johnston and Beauregard were
massing their troops at Corinth, and instead
of hurried dash by o flying column to tear
up q section of railway, the programme
now contemplated a struggle between great
armies for the possession of the most vital
strategic point in the southwest. The move
inent of BuelIs forces from Nashville began
March 15 On the 18th Grant arrived at Saval-
ma, and within an hour issued orders for the
concentration of the whole force. The selec-
ton by Gen. Smith of Pittsburg Landing was
approved, and the troops were moved rapidly
The division of Gen. Lew Wallace, how
ever, was ordered to Crumps Landing
| five miles below Pittsburg, to be within
supporting distance and guard the roaC
to Purdy Grant personally REMAINED
at Savanna to superintend the organization
| of troops constantly arriving, and in ordeI
that he might more readily communicate will
| Gen. Buell. during his march to the river
| While visiting the forces at Pittsbnrg ever,
| day, he left Gen. Sherman to exercise FIRE,
control in the assignment of regiments anC
brigades, and in the choice of camping places
Tho position of the latter was therefore re
| sponsible, and his influence upon the fate o
the army important. Meanwhile, Halleck'
instructions to Grant continued very positive
mot to bring on q general engagement unit
the arrival OF Buell." Grant, however, enter
tanned a different view and believed that 9Th
sooner the attack was made, the easier wou
he the task of taking the place" Gen. PreI
tiSs now reported for duty, and about Marc
% six new regiments were organized by hii
in two brigades which were thereafter know
as the Sixth division.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09

and Buell. met at Shermans headquarters,
and it was there arranged that the attack
should be begun at daylight. Gen. Lew Wal
lace occupied the right OF line, resting on
Snake creek; Sherman, McClelnand and
Hurlhut with the remnants of Wallace's and
Prentiss' men, were posted next from right to
left, while ,McCook, Crittenden and Nelson,
of Buels army, in the order named, consti-
tuted the left wing. The skirmishing began
early, the advanced outposts of Mel
sen being the first to strike those
Of the enemy. The Confederate right
consisted OF Hardee's corps, with Chal-
mer's and Jaclson's brigades OF Bragg's
corps. Gen. Bragg was on the left with the
remainder of his command, and Clarke's
division of Folks corps and Trabuc's Ken
lucky brigade Gen. Breckenridge was on
the left of Hardee, and Gen. Polk fell into
line between Bragg and Breckenridge. From
the beginning of the contest the fighting was
severe at every point. Several times the
ground was lost and won, batteries were
taken and retaken, and Federals and Con-
federates lay side by side in the dense woods
and muddy fields through which they had
struggled for the possession of the camps. i
was evident long before noon, however, tina
the enemy was being pushed steadily bach
and the ground conquered by them the day
before, stubbornly surrendered Tho
musketry at times surpassed in its volume
and execution anything Of the kind yet known
in the war; tents were riddled with bullet
holes; one tree not eighteen inches in
diameter was struck by ninety balls not ten
feet from tho ground, and mnngled horses,
mutilated men, living and dead, broken gun
| carriages and all the nameless debris Of bat
tefield were spread around in appalling con-
fusion.
Seeing his troops beginning to lag, and ex-
hausted regiments dropping out Of line,
Beauregnrd between . and O'Clock sent
word to his extreme right to retreat in alter
nate lines. This movement was under the
command Of Dreckinbridge, and it isconceded
was conducted with steadiness and with no
attempt to follow. IHdeed Gen. Grant, IN bis
report to Halleck, says that his force was
''too much fatigued from two days hard tight
ing and exposure in the open air TO drench-
Sng rain in the Intervening night to pursue
immediately Breckenridge that night
carlped about mile and a half from The bat
tlefeld, and the next day moved three miles
further to the rear. The other commands
with their fragments marched back TO their
enearlpments around Corinth.
In the medical and Surgical History Of
the War" the loss in killed, wounded and
missing on the Federal side during tho two
days fighting is fixed at 1853. According
to Beauregard. the aggregate Of Confederate
\ lcs5 was 10,G90 And SO ended the baltic OF
Shiloh. The flag Of the Union fioated once more
along the lines from which it had been driven,
and the first foot prints were made IN that
wonderful campaign which, beginning at
DOnclson, took definite shape at COrirsh and
Memphis. recovered the Mississippi from
Vicksburg to Now Orlcnn=, cbrys.f.-d Ia
HThe March 20 The fea. . al.1 c:.li..i... : es
Apponlatt5z Court House.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
coNceNTRATINe AT coRlNTH.

In four weeks after the excavations of the
Confederate positions in Tennessee, freq
ments OF commands from Bowling Green, KY.
under Hardee; Columbus, KY, under Polk,
and Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans, un-
der Bragg, with such new levies as could be
hastily raised. were united at or near Corinth
and for the first time organized as an army.
at was a heterogeneous mass" says Gen.
Bragg, sin which there was moro enthusiasm
than discipline, more capacity than knowl-
edge and more valor than instruction. Rifles,
ssaoothbore muskets--maEy of them with the
old flint and steel-and shotguns OF all sizes
and patterns. held place in the same regi
ments.n This force, about 0,0o0 Of all arms
was divi-el into fcuf corps, respectively som
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
SHILOH CHURCH.

Tillman's or Briar creek, and runs almost due
north, mile and quarter from the river, di-
viding the table land into two main ridges.
Oak creek is q continent of Owl creek, and it
extends half way across the front or south side
of the battlefield, passing near Shiloh church, a
small log meeting house situated two miles
and n half in q southwesterly direction from
Pittsburg Landing. For the most part the
land was covered with timber or dense
underground, with here and there open fields
Of from twenty to eighty acres
T. was generally agreed that the position of
the Union army was strong, Guarded on either
flank by impossible streams and morasses, pro
tected by a succession of ravines and acclivi-
ties, commanded by emincnces to the rear,
it seemed safe from attack and easy to defend.
But no earthworlSs were thrown up or timber
felled, or natural advantages improved, and
it is still controverted question whether
the Confederates were expected until they
came
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
EIRST BLOWS.

The night of the 9Th passed without alarm.
Only the men on picket seemed to realize that
a terrible struggle was close at hand. Even
Gen. Sherman, Notwithstanding the unrest
that had prevailed along the front during the
day, wrote to Gen Grant: II do not appre-
hend anything like an attack upon our posi-
tom and Grant on the same day dispatched
Halleck: ~ have scarcely the faintcst idea of
an attack general one being made upon u.s. I"
Gen. Halleclz himself advised Buell. that he
"would leave for Corinth in the beginning Of
the coming week"
Among the Confederates, however, all was
activity. Long before the early dawn they
had breakfasted and stripped for the bloody
work of the day. Lines were formed and
advanced and men looked into their comrades
eyes wondering whether they would meet
again around the bivouac fire or no only
some loved ones memory in a dead soldiers
trench Aroused by the hum of 10000 men
waking up for battle, pickets were thrown
forward from the right of Gen. Prentiss'
division to ascertain the cause, portion of
the Twenty-lifth Missouri, and little later
five companies of the Twenty-first Missouri,
under Col Moore, thus having the honor of
firing the first shots that rang up the curtain
on the drama of Shiloh. This detachment
struck a battalion of the Third Mississippi,
Major Hardcastle, of Woods brigade, Har-
does corps, and the. skirmishing that ensued
quickly extended along the front. The entire
| Confederate line, two miles in length, now
moved forward, the direction being such as
to bring it first in contact with the right oil
! Prentiss and the left of Sherman A broad
! gap, more than a mile in width, existed be
tween these two points, and into this the
Confederates plunged with a fury that wa!
overpowering. PrentiSs' forces fell back in
confusion, leaving their camps in the hands
of the enemy, and several of the regiments o.
Sherman's left were equally demoralized.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09
shiloh.
How the Men of the West 0rgan-
lied for Victory.
STRIKING FIRST BLOWS.
An Impartial Story of One of tho
Decisive Battles of the War.

"A Bloody Field-The Desperate Fighting
of Sherman's Men-Prentiss and Wal
lace Hold the Key of the Position
Until Ono Is Captured and the Other
Kiiled-Death of the Confederate Com
mander-Scenes of Splendid Murder.
Veterans In Camp and Raw Recruits
! Under Fire-Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Ohio and Michigan Troops Face tho
Best Fighting Material In the South
west-Tho Days Results.
I Twenty-Five years have rolled by since the
desperate struggle occurred that, ON the 9th
and 18th of April, 1862, broke down the chief
barrier to the Mississippi valley and paved
the way for the occupation by the national
forces of every important point between
Memphis and New Orleans. Yet even after
this long period, it is still conceded that the
battle of Shiloh, notwithstanding its far
reaching results, was move upon the mill
tary chess board not contemplated by the
authorities on either side until q very short
time prior to the beginning Of the combat.
Gen. Sherman says in his memoirs that
"Halleck's intentions were TO break up rail
way communications between the Mississippi
and Tennessee rivers. We did not fortify
our camps because we had no orders
to do so, and because such a course
would naturally have made our raw men
timid." Gen. Buell. testifies that "the move
ment of troops up the Tennessee was purely
an expcditionary service, and after some
attempts to debarll at other points further
up the river, Pittsburgh Landing was finally
chosen as the most eligible for the temporary
object" and, finally, Gen. Beauregard, in
recent review Of the campaign, remarks: ITO
say that any one, including Gen. Johnston
and myself, had thought of Corinth and
could have designated it as the strategic
point of the Shiloh campaign, before the
enemy had given evidence Of any hostile
movements from or near Pittsburg Landing
on the Tennessee river, is sheer folly, and
scarcely needs contradiction to be SO pro-
nounced."
1t is also beyond question that there were
inadequate preparations, unnecessary delays,
lost opportunities and sundry other obstacles
to really decisive success on both sides; and
for quarter Of q century, they have been
themes of recrimination and exculpatory
statements, with no other result than to re-
vive and confirm the memory of faults.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09

Before referring to the above map for more
exact details of positions and localities, the
reader will be assisted by bearing in mind the
figure of quadrilateral or paralelogram, the
right side of which is the Tennessee river
flowing nearly due north, the upper or north
side Owl creek, and the lower or south side
Lick creek, both of these streams flowing
toward the Tennessee river in a northeasterly
direction, and being from three to five miles
apart. Near their mouth were swamps filed
with backwater from the Tennessee and i'm
passable except where the road crosses them.
The inclosed space was rolling table land
about 100 feet above the river level, with
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-09

FOrty-SlXth Ollo, GEN. BEAUREGAID.
and Fortieth Illinois, battered like heroes
against the enemy's extreme left, but the re-
suit was os before, recession to the left and
rear. The brigade of Col. Marsh, which in
cluded the Eleventh, Twentieth, Forty fifth
and Forty-eighth Illinois, was subjected to
one of the hottest onslaughts of the day. In
FIVE minutes nearly all of the field officers
were killed or wounded, together with all the
horses of Burrows battery which was posted
on his center. The first brigade also retired
in disorder. The third brigade, entiladed and
turned ON its left flank did the same, and its
commander, Col Raith, was mortally
wounded. When the division reformed its
right still connected with Sherman while
the left was protected by the ravines
and impenetrable thickets that interviewed
between it and the division of w. II.
L. Wallace. The struggle continued
with varying success until late in the after
noon. At one time McClernand pushed the
enemy half mile through and beyond his
camp, but the advantage was only temporary.
Fresh assaults forced him still further rear
ward, where he received the final attack made
that day on the Federal right. The resist.
ance was gallant, obstinate and worthy OF the
men who made it, and when it was over they
went into bivouac for the night.